Armed Citizen Helped Stop Law School Killer

"A 43-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Nigeria, went to
the Appalachian School of Law on Wednesday to talk to his dean,
L. Anthony Sutin, about Odighizuwa's dismissal for failing
grades, officials said. He shot Sutin and professor Thomas
Blackwell, who taught Odighizuwa's contracts classes, with a
.380-caliber pistol, authorities and students said. Also
killed was student Angela Dales, 33..."

We at JPFO express our anger at the killer, our sympathy for
the survivors of the three persons killed and for those three
others who were gravely injured, as well as to all those who
grieve and suffer with them.

Before this story becomes recorded as "another senseless school
shooting" that "proves why handguns should be banned," we think
everyone should know the whole story. Thanks to Robert Waters,
author of The Best Defense (www.robertwaters.net), we received
the link to the MSNBC report that states:

"Students ended the rampage by confronting and then
tackling the gunman, officials said."

"We saw the shooter, stopped at my vehicle and got out my
handgun and started to approach Peter," Tracy Bridges, who
helped subdue the shooter with other students, said Thursday
on NBC's "Today" show. "At that time, Peter threw up his hands
and threw his weapon down. Ted was the first person to have
contact with Peter, and Peter hit him one time in the face,
so there was a little bit of a struggle there."

In other words: an armed student helped stop the killer. At
this point we don't know whether the attacker (Peter) decided
to stop before or after he saw the armed student, but we do
know that the student Tracy Bridges:

(1) Was prepared for defense by being armed
(2) Had the presence of mind to obtain the weapon when it was needed most
(3) Would have been capable of stopping the attacker if some other means (tackling, etc.) had failed

We at JPFO salute that student, Tracy Bridges, for having the
foresight to be armed and for the courage to use the firearm
to save lives. Tracy Bridges exercised the right to keep and
bear arms the way that every competent non-violent American
should feel proud to do.

We needed four Tracy Bridges on September 11, 2001 -- armed.

The Liberty Crew

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